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Martha Routh letter to Thomas Rotch, Warrington 2nd mo 18th 1799

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B-167-2
Warrington 2nd mo 18th 1799
How pleasant my endeared Frd, when all
hope and expectation were cut of; was it to me to receive a
letter from thee; and if I have in any wise been the cause of
depriving myself of such a satisfaction, by not making the re-
quest, forgive me this wrong; and be assured in future, that
whenever thou feels the least opening for such communication,
it will not fail of acceptance, unless a mournful change
should be wrought in me; which I fervently pray the God
and Father of all our Mercies, may never be the case.
And now shall I tell thee a little of those feelings, which for
=cibly penetrated the secret recesses of my heart? on becoming
of
a little acquainted with the unknown relatives, the honour-
=able heads, I had had a longer knowledge of; that here was
not one among the number, I found a stronger inclination to
be united [illegible] three=fold bond of Body, soul, and spi-
=rit, than to thyself: and for what cause it might be per=
whether with, or
=mitted or without any foundation I am yet a loss to ascer-
tian; but I could not help conceiving; and that from one time
to another; thou stood aloof from me; and tho' there hath

B-167-2
Warrington 2nd mo 18th 1799
How pleasant my endeared Frd, when all
hope and expectation were cut of; was it to me to receive a
letter from thee; and if I have in any wise been the cause of
depriving myself of such a satisfaction, by not making the re-
quest, forgive me this wrong; and be assured in future, that
whenever thou feels the least opening for such communication,
it will not fail of acceptance, unless a mournful change
should be wrought in me; which I fervently pray the God
and Father of all our Mercies, may never be the case.
And now shall I tell thee a little of those feelings, which for
=cibly penetrated the secret recesses of my heart? on becoming
of
a little acquainted with the unknown relatives, the honour-
=able heads, I had had a longer knowledge of; that here was
not one among the number, I found a stronger inclination to
be united [illegible] three=fold bond of Body, soul, and spi-
=rit, than to thyself: and for what cause it might be per=
whether with, or
=mitted or without any foundation I am yet a loss to ascer-
tian; but I could not help conceiving; and that from one time
to another; thou stood aloof from me; and tho' there hath